Milestone at Sx 343 596 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Milestone.
Milestone at Sx 343 596
- WRENN ID
- strange-string-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Sx 343 596, St. Germans
- OS grid reference
- SX 343 596
- Coordinates
- 50.41291, -4.33271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone dating from the 18th century, made of granite. It is a roughly hewn monolith, approximately 70 centimetres high, with a roughly square head. The milestone is painted and features carved painted lettering in lower case, indicating "6 Miles to S" (for Saltash).
Local climate
Milestone at Sx 343 596 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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